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some comparing it to the pentagon papers. the whistle blower behind the latest document dump and the holder of thousands of more documents, wiki leak's cofounder speaking out on this in london this morning. >> it will shape an understanding of the past six years has been like. and that the course of the war needs to change. the manner in which it needs to change is not yet clear. >> both the pentagon and white house are in attack calling the release not only detrimental to the war effort but also outright illegal. >> whenever you have the potential for names and operations and programs to be out there in the public domain. it's very harmful to those that are in the military, those cooperating with the military. and those working this keep us safe. >> however damage this may be to winning hearts and minds here at home are in the ground in afghanistan, is transparency more important than dodging the truth about what's going on for 100,000 of our soldiers? joining us now, lieutenant colonial anthony schaeffer. and former state d
some comparing it to the pentagon papers. the whistle blower behind the latest document dump and the holder of thousands of more documents, wiki leak's cofounder speaking out on this in london this morning. >> it will shape an understanding of the past six years has been like. and that the course of the war needs to change. the manner in which it needs to change is not yet clear. >> both the pentagon and white house are in attack calling the release not only detrimental to the war...
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joining us now from the pentagon, nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good morning. >> good morning, willie. >> we've got a headline on the front of "the wall street journal" saying u.s. rolled dice in bin laden raid. how risky was this, mick? what were the risks the president took by approving this? >> reporter: u.s. officials in the intelligence and military areas told us hours after the raid that there really was no smoking gun to put osama bin laden at that site when they launched that mission. they said that it was a roll of the dice, as a matter of fact, but what they did, as they compiled all the information they had, and they thought the odds were very high that osama bin laden was there, based on the fact that they had been trailing this one courier who was known to have very close ties to osama bin laden, the size and complexity and fortification of that complex told you somebody important was there. even though they never had eyes on osama bin laden himself, they thought there was a very high probability. there was compelling evidence, e
joining us now from the pentagon, nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim, good morning. >> good morning, willie. >> we've got a headline on the front of "the wall street journal" saying u.s. rolled dice in bin laden raid. how risky was this, mick? what were the risks the president took by approving this? >> reporter: u.s. officials in the intelligence and military areas told us hours after the raid that there really was no smoking gun to put...
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they're not high level top secret decision papers like the pentagon papers. we don't have the pentagon papers of afghanistan and i wish we had them right now. i wish we had had them earlier for iraq and i wish we had them right now for our policy makes in yemen and pakistan which i think needs democratic monitoring here. i don't think our policy is looking wise at all. >> let me play you a little bit of what hillary clinton said yesterday, because she takes issue with the fact that there is anything that parallels the motivation behind this with what you did during the pentagon papers. let's watch. >> there is nothing brave about sabotaging the peaceful relations between nations on which our common security depends. there have been examples in history in which official conduct has been made public in the name of exposing wrong doings or misdeeds. this is not one of those cases. >> what would you say to secretary clinton who says that there really has been damage and to others who say this is really an unprecedented foreign policy meltdown for a superpower? >>
they're not high level top secret decision papers like the pentagon papers. we don't have the pentagon papers of afghanistan and i wish we had them right now. i wish we had had them earlier for iraq and i wish we had them right now for our policy makes in yemen and pakistan which i think needs democratic monitoring here. i don't think our policy is looking wise at all. >> let me play you a little bit of what hillary clinton said yesterday, because she takes issue with the fact that there...
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>> i think the gates pentagon is very different from the rumsfeld pentagon. you're looking at a culture that's already changed. these are important political symbols to say this is not like the bush approach to iraq. but it will sound like it. if you talk about timelines, you talk about staying the course and propping up or standing up the afghan army, it's going to sound very bush-like. so thereof to be these important symbols to say this time it's different. but honestly, he cannot set an end date, so trust but verify. but it's still going to sound a lot like bush. >> so that's the big picture. how does he sell it to the country tomorrow night especially given that he did not run on any promise to pull out of afghanistan he did run on change and as you point out, it hardly seems like change unless you go into the deep weeds. >> yeah, this is a very tough political challenge because of course the country's change is not just democrats. people are very mixed opinion here about the war in afghanistan. he has to say what the exit looks like. when is afghanistan
>> i think the gates pentagon is very different from the rumsfeld pentagon. you're looking at a culture that's already changed. these are important political symbols to say this is not like the bush approach to iraq. but it will sound like it. if you talk about timelines, you talk about staying the course and propping up or standing up the afghan army, it's going to sound very bush-like. so thereof to be these important symbols to say this time it's different. but honestly, he cannot set...
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what kind of pressure is the pentagon getting? and is there any pressure coming from the white house? >> well, there was some initial pressure to get some of the detail of the operation itself out and some proof that this was osama bin laden and it was less than 12 hours that they had all the evidence they needed and photographic comparisons and in fact dna testing that was conducted almost immediately within a couple of hours after he was shot. and then, of course, buried at sea less than 12 hours after he was killed. but i think in terms of the specifics of the operational details and some of the really detailed intelligence that could lead to the arrest of others. i think we're not going to hear too much of that today. probably supporting evidence as to what osama bin laden was up to during his time there at the compound and just how much of a leadership role he did play in anything operational out of al qaeda. >> okay. mick, thank you so much. >> okay, alex. >>> new this morning, one of bin laden's wives says the terror leader
what kind of pressure is the pentagon getting? and is there any pressure coming from the white house? >> well, there was some initial pressure to get some of the detail of the operation itself out and some proof that this was osama bin laden and it was less than 12 hours that they had all the evidence they needed and photographic comparisons and in fact dna testing that was conducted almost immediately within a couple of hours after he was shot. and then, of course, buried at sea less...
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how are we to interpret the decision to put a cia director in charge of the pentagon? >> well, i think mr. panetta's being hired because of his deeper background relating to budget and i have seen a lot of talk about the fact he's been compared to clark clifford coming in gnthe nam vietnam era. cap wineberger had a reputation of being a cost cutter but chartered to win the war. my concern here is the record at cia has not been stellar and in my earlier preinterview with your folks i talked about the fact it's bob nardeli ceo of home depot hired to chrysler. i'm not convinced that someone without the best record in one organization with five times the responsibility is a good move. >> david srks that the right interpretation, though, that this is a set-up for potential budget cutting and a major overhaul at the pentagon or leaping to conclusions? >> no, i think that major reason why secretary gates recommended panetta as a successor is panetta's background in budget issues, chief of staff at the white house, budget director. i also think it's a little strong to say that
how are we to interpret the decision to put a cia director in charge of the pentagon? >> well, i think mr. panetta's being hired because of his deeper background relating to budget and i have seen a lot of talk about the fact he's been compared to clark clifford coming in gnthe nam vietnam era. cap wineberger had a reputation of being a cost cutter but chartered to win the war. my concern here is the record at cia has not been stellar and in my earlier preinterview with your folks i...
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the pentagon official we had to talk about that reasons with has now announced he's retiring. if it was just his idea, maybe the fact that he's going means the pentagon could reconsider this. the head of the city council here in new york and some of the other members of the new york city council are pursuing this. >>> it's friday. you know there's prison head on msnbc. we have the best thing in the world coming up. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. in what passes for common sense. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. take control by opening a new account or rolling over an old 401(k) today, and we'll throw in up to $600. how's that for common sense? and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and g
the pentagon official we had to talk about that reasons with has now announced he's retiring. if it was just his idea, maybe the fact that he's going means the pentagon could reconsider this. the head of the city council here in new york and some of the other members of the new york city council are pursuing this. >>> it's friday. you know there's prison head on msnbc. we have the best thing in the world coming up. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus...
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let's go to nbc's chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. mick, what is it that, you know, we're not seeing -- yesterday was not vi day, victory in iraq day. august 31st isn't victory in iraq day. we don't hear those words, victory, success, necessarily. what is this next phase? how does the pentagon view this next phase of the mission in iraq? >> reporter: well, you know, to follow up, chuck, on what richard engel said, because the formal combat mission is coming to and, that doesn't mean that some elements of u.s. military forces will not see combat in the next year or so. as he said, those advise and assist brigades working closely with iraqi forces. some could be embedded with iraqis and there's possibility that we could see some american forces engaged in some combat elements and combat missions with the iraqis. and unfortunately, there could be u.s. casualties over the next year. what nobody's talking about is the 4,500 special operations forces going after to attempt to capture or kill members of al qaeda. while they're not formal com
let's go to nbc's chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. mick, what is it that, you know, we're not seeing -- yesterday was not vi day, victory in iraq day. august 31st isn't victory in iraq day. we don't hear those words, victory, success, necessarily. what is this next phase? how does the pentagon view this next phase of the mission in iraq? >> reporter: well, you know, to follow up, chuck, on what richard engel said, because the formal combat mission is coming to and, that...
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that's what every senior person here in the pentagon believes. the violation here of the trust between the top military commander in afghanistan and the commander in chief, president obama, was so severe that he would have to absolutely, in terms of military honor, if nothing else, offer to fall on his sword and submit his resignation. the question is if he accepts that resignation. now, he did meet with both defense secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for 30 minutes here at the pentagon. and we still don't have a read out on that whether gates was in a listening mode, in a scolding mode. whatever, an advisory mode but it went on for 30 minutes as scheduled. so, nothing unusual is thought to have come out of that and as somebody explained, look, this had to be his first stop because that is the chain of command from mcchrystal, essentially, to the secretary and then on to the president. >> i don't want to read too much into it because it was very brief and you tell me, mik, but when you talked to him going in, he didn't
that's what every senior person here in the pentagon believes. the violation here of the trust between the top military commander in afghanistan and the commander in chief, president obama, was so severe that he would have to absolutely, in terms of military honor, if nothing else, offer to fall on his sword and submit his resignation. the question is if he accepts that resignation. now, he did meet with both defense secretary gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for 30 minutes...
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the state defense and the officials lost in the pentagon. you can't see the reaction in the streets. psalm whatever it was unique. that is why this reaction is occurring young and ohm old. >> knowing that a lot of -- their may be a lot of different reacs to this around the world. the flashing like, the shot we were just on. beyond that line, at the top of your -- generally, when you see the guys in white dirts, air pants that is the barricades, from the "today" show. same they will unload them to create a second barier they are trying to not to i am sure they will move gingerly. perhaps on orders from pakistan tv. what may be the second most important picture of the night. there was an xranchlg of gunfire. that again, these pictures are coming in that appears to be pakistan military that is what we have got. that would -- david gregory is watching them with you can see, living on the lamb, on the run, behind multiple players of security and thicknesses of walls. >> i think it relates to the conversation you have been having over the past cou
the state defense and the officials lost in the pentagon. you can't see the reaction in the streets. psalm whatever it was unique. that is why this reaction is occurring young and ohm old. >> knowing that a lot of -- their may be a lot of different reacs to this around the world. the flashing like, the shot we were just on. beyond that line, at the top of your -- generally, when you see the guys in white dirts, air pants that is the barricades, from the "today" show. same they...
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and just a quick, you know, that i talk about the pentagon, the building. you know, if you are here long enough, this place is a living entity, really. it was really remarkable because the plane flew into the building at the best possible place it could have to reduce the casualties, because those wedges over there were in the process of being renovated, so there were very few people there, and 125 people died, but if they had been normally occupied, hundreds more would have perished in that attack. >> well, mick, you talk about a living building and this is the heart of the u.s. military, and that structure as we are showing pictures very much damaged, and now rebuilt, but going back to the living parts of the pentagon, how are people today? how are they different? >> well, i think that they have a better sense of the mission. quite frankly in the late '90s, early 2000, there was this mission called "counter terrori terrorism" but nobody was focused on it here as a government, as a military, country. there were parts that were focusing on it, but not the f
and just a quick, you know, that i talk about the pentagon, the building. you know, if you are here long enough, this place is a living entity, really. it was really remarkable because the plane flew into the building at the best possible place it could have to reduce the casualties, because those wedges over there were in the process of being renovated, so there were very few people there, and 125 people died, but if they had been normally occupied, hundreds more would have perished in that...
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pentagon. >> throughout the morning we're going to have a remarkable lineup. >> yeah. >> i think a lot of us were awakened last night to get the news. >> incredible news. >> and as well as your father is going to be here, david ignatius, tom brokaw, we're going to get through the morning and get everybody's reaction. no doubt about it, mika, this is absolutely stunning, it's a game-changer and i've got to say, after hearing how this happened from the president, and following this very closely as a lot of our guests have behind the scenes through the year -- i literally gasped. i could not believe where he was. i could not believe how this went down. it was a stunning, stunning moment. >> and every step of the way, new leaks. which is incredible when you hear this story. president obama announced in a white house address last night, that he authorized an operation to kill bin laden. at a compound in pakistan. that's where it happened. located about 40 miles outside of the capital city of islamab
pentagon. >> throughout the morning we're going to have a remarkable lineup. >> yeah. >> i think a lot of us were awakened last night to get the news. >> incredible news. >> and as well as your father is going to be here, david ignatius, tom brokaw, we're going to get through the morning and get everybody's reaction. no doubt about it, mika, this is absolutely stunning, it's a game-changer and i've got to say, after hearing how this happened from the president, and...
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the pentagon is trying to assess that damage as we speak. but some are already describing the documents as a gift to america's enemies. >> jeff morale joins us now. as you digest at the pentagon the documents, explain how on the one hand officials in your building, officials at the white house have said there aren't any major revelations here and at the same time they say it's damaged national security, damaged operational security. can you explain what the damage is? >> whether it's oerpgal security or forces, we are trying to get our arms around this. it's leaked sunday night. it is 91,000 pages of documents. we have a team working around the clock going through them bit by bit. is there information to imperil the forces, the coalition partners? civilians on the battlefield with us an things to jeopardize the operations or our nation's security? we don't know at this point. >> early read on that? >> we don't. if it had been you two that got this, you would have called me saying, hey, let's have a conversation about this. there's newsworthy
the pentagon is trying to assess that damage as we speak. but some are already describing the documents as a gift to america's enemies. >> jeff morale joins us now. as you digest at the pentagon the documents, explain how on the one hand officials in your building, officials at the white house have said there aren't any major revelations here and at the same time they say it's damaged national security, damaged operational security. can you explain what the damage is? >> whether...
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frankly, this was sloppy on the pentagon's part. i mean, how does somebody download 91,000 documents and there is no accounting for it? this is a terrible setback for the pentagon. >> all right. they say that there is various levels of classified internet sites, collectively called the high side, and that there potentially could be thousands of people with access to these documents so maybe you are not just looking at one person behind it but multiple people. bob, we will stay on top of it. we thank you for weighing in on it today with us. thanks. >> thanks. >>> my big question today, what should happen to the leaker, or if the pentagon's right, leakers? you can share your thoughts with me on twitter, on facebook, my e-mail address is contessa at msnbc.com. >>> nato confirmed the other missing sailor has been confirmed dead. the two sailors disappeared friday. they were traveling from kabul to a nearby u.s. military base. >>> while we wait for the president, let's take a closer look at one of the bills the president wants passed. de
frankly, this was sloppy on the pentagon's part. i mean, how does somebody download 91,000 documents and there is no accounting for it? this is a terrible setback for the pentagon. >> all right. they say that there is various levels of classified internet sites, collectively called the high side, and that there potentially could be thousands of people with access to these documents so maybe you are not just looking at one person behind it but multiple people. bob, we will stay on top of...
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lying us into war or the wikileaks revelations in the pentagon papers? >>> and the man behind the leaks in the newspaper, daniel elseberg. >>> and the server of the universal dream to run away and a note at the end. and worse, can you say secretary of culture hunt without making a blooper? all of the news and commentary now on countdown. >> well, right you are mr. meyerhowever. . >>> good evening from new york, and this is friday december 10th, and 967 days from the presidential election, and today, we saw history on the floor of the senate. it started at 10:25 in the morning and kept going until 6:29 p.m. and 81/2 hours and change. reportly the numbers watching it were from the united states senate and a historic filibuster, because of the cause it was wachblg aged and technict a filibuster, but something new and unique a bernie-buster e. bernie sanders, senator from vermont, a self-pronounced buster. he is speaking against the president's tax cuts. this was the leading trend on twiter in this country, and the second one leading worldwide. turning his o
lying us into war or the wikileaks revelations in the pentagon papers? >>> and the man behind the leaks in the newspaper, daniel elseberg. >>> and the server of the universal dream to run away and a note at the end. and worse, can you say secretary of culture hunt without making a blooper? all of the news and commentary now on countdown. >> well, right you are mr. meyerhowever. . >>> good evening from new york, and this is friday december 10th, and 967 days from...
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nbc's chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski has more on that, and on the frayed relationship between the united states and pakistan. >> reporter: nearly seven weeks after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. commandos, al qaeda finally picked ayman al zawahiri as its new leader. outgoing defense secretary robert gates said al zawahiri is no bin laden. >> it's a reminder that they are still out there. and we need to keep after them. >> reporter: as bin laden's deputy, zawahiri was the brains of the attacks on the embassies in africa, the attack on "the ucc cole," and the attack on the world trade center and the pentagon. in a videotape released last week, zawahiri threatened revenge for the killing of bin laden. but gates joked what took al qaeda so long to pick zawahiri? >> probably tough to count votes in a cave. >> reporter: in retaliation, the pakistani military shut down three joint intelligence centers and ordered that 50 american military that work there to leave the country. the centers provided critical intelligence on the movements of taliban fighters who crossed into
nbc's chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski has more on that, and on the frayed relationship between the united states and pakistan. >> reporter: nearly seven weeks after osama bin laden was killed by u.s. commandos, al qaeda finally picked ayman al zawahiri as its new leader. outgoing defense secretary robert gates said al zawahiri is no bin laden. >> it's a reminder that they are still out there. and we need to keep after them. >> reporter: as bin laden's deputy,...
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as first reported by nbc's chief pentagon correspondent last night, u.s. officials say three of the four men shot and killed in the operation were unarmed, including bin laden who never fired a single shot. officials say one commando entered bin laden's bedroom and fired two quick shots to the chest and head. although there were weapons nearby in the room, bin laden was said to be unarmed. new account differs widely from the obama administration claim that the s.e.a.l.s came under fire in a prolonged fire fight that lasted some 40 minutes. instead, officials describe the assault as a precision-clearing operation. we'll have more on the new information when jim mick miklaszewski joins us on "morning joe." >> the team had the authority to kill osama bin laden unless he ofd to surrender in which team the team was required to accept his surrender if the team could do so safely. the operation was conducted in a manner fully consistent with the laws of war. the operation was planned so that the team was prepared and had the means to take bin laden into custody.
as first reported by nbc's chief pentagon correspondent last night, u.s. officials say three of the four men shot and killed in the operation were unarmed, including bin laden who never fired a single shot. officials say one commando entered bin laden's bedroom and fired two quick shots to the chest and head. although there were weapons nearby in the room, bin laden was said to be unarmed. new account differs widely from the obama administration claim that the s.e.a.l.s came under fire in a...
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jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. interesting, but is it anything that's truly shocking? >> actually, military and pentagon officials find this code of conduct somewhat laughable and if you look at the history of the taliban, particularly in afghanistan, you'll find that much of what the taliban has done there has been totally contradictory or opposite of what their code of conduct says. for example, the book says the taliban will take all precautions to avoid civilian casualties, but if you look at their history of suicide bombings in afghanistan, most are at entryways to secure areas where you have a lot of civilians gather. marketplaces, near mosques and the like. and an effort to inflict as many casualties as they can. you'll also see when the taliban moves into remote villages in afghanistan, that they often go to the civilians who are leaders of those villages and pick out three or four and behead them in the streets to warn them. look at their other histories, too. they don't allow, for example, young girls to
jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. interesting, but is it anything that's truly shocking? >> actually, military and pentagon officials find this code of conduct somewhat laughable and if you look at the history of the taliban, particularly in afghanistan, you'll find that much of what the taliban has done there has been totally contradictory or opposite of what their code of conduct says. for example, the book says the taliban will take all precautions to avoid civilian...
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. >>> president obama led a ceremony at the pentagon memorial today. he spoke not only about the national tragedy eight years ago but also about the continuing work to keep america safe. >> let us renew our he resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and who plot against us still. in defense of our nation, we will never waiver. in pursuit of al qaeda and its extremist allies, we will never falter. >> the president then took part in a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the 184 lives lost at the pentagon and on american airlines flight 77. >>> colin powell delivered the keynote speech this morning for the victims of united airlines flight 93. bagpipes played and bells tolls. 40 people died at that crash site in shanksville, pennsylvania. remember, the hijackers crashed the plane as passengers tried to wrestle control of the cockpit. officials believe the flight may have been targeting the white house or even the capitol. >>> and tonight, at the site of the twin towers, the tribute in light returns as a commemoration of those who lost their li
. >>> president obama led a ceremony at the pentagon memorial today. he spoke not only about the national tragedy eight years ago but also about the continuing work to keep america safe. >> let us renew our he resolve against those who perpetrated this barbaric act and who plot against us still. in defense of our nation, we will never waiver. in pursuit of al qaeda and its extremist allies, we will never falter. >> the president then took part in a wreath-laying ceremony to...
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now, talk about the pentagon, just background. when you're trying to prepare for a news briefing of this kind with this kind of sensitive information, how much do they have to go over all of the details, cross the ts, dot the is, make sure they're not overstepping anything they don't want to talk about. >> that is one of the primary concerns, particularly in the immediate hours after such an operation. they don't want to give any details of what they found necessarily or of the methods and sources of intelligence and those operations themselves, because they don't want to give any clues to the bad guys. about how to avoid or protect themselves against these kind of assaults. i can tell you they have gone over this material meticulously to be able to provide some information to the public. perhaps even in an advisory manner to have people keep their eyes open. most of all when they go over this material, they're not going to release anything that could tip off anybody that the u.s. may now be hot on their trail. >> you know, i've s
now, talk about the pentagon, just background. when you're trying to prepare for a news briefing of this kind with this kind of sensitive information, how much do they have to go over all of the details, cross the ts, dot the is, make sure they're not overstepping anything they don't want to talk about. >> that is one of the primary concerns, particularly in the immediate hours after such an operation. they don't want to give any details of what they found necessarily or of the methods...
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the chief pentagon correspondent joins us. great job covering the breaking news, and it was such an interesting news conference that the pentagon offered up there. they talk about bin laden's final days. he never left that compound? >> according to officials we are talking to, he may have been confined to the compound for at least five years, and not only confined to the compound, but out of sight most of the day. he was confined to two rooms of the compound. and he would go and maybe take some exercise outside a little bit every day, and they were frustrated. even their surveillance satellites could not determine exactly who that was. they were close, but they could not come within a foot of the height because of the various angles of the construction of the compound itself, which was very cleverly put together. and the day the navy s.e.a.l.s hit the ground at the compound, there was no certainty that osama bin laden himself was there, but the overall evidence was compelling enough to launch the raid. >> you say osama bin lad
the chief pentagon correspondent joins us. great job covering the breaking news, and it was such an interesting news conference that the pentagon offered up there. they talk about bin laden's final days. he never left that compound? >> according to officials we are talking to, he may have been confined to the compound for at least five years, and not only confined to the compound, but out of sight most of the day. he was confined to two rooms of the compound. and he would go and maybe...
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mic, you were at the pentagon that day. none of us will ever forget it nor your reporting in real time. think back to 11 years ago today what you saw, what youe witnessd and what you felt? >> i was on the air with katie couric for the "today" show reporting on the early investigation into who they thought was responsible, al qaeda, obviously, for the attacks in new york and i had just thrown it back to katie, when boom, i heard it, felt it, and within a matter of minutes, realized what it was and, of course, it was all history after that. but one of the things about today's ceremony, very somber, very low key. president obama stressed that, in fact, osama bin laden is now dead, all american troops, combat troops r out of iraq, and most -- combat troops anyway will be out of afghanistan by the end of 2014. in fact, a pentagon sources tell us that within a matter of weeks they should be drawn back down to that 68,000 level which it was thought would not be reached until some time in october. one thing about the people here in
mic, you were at the pentagon that day. none of us will ever forget it nor your reporting in real time. think back to 11 years ago today what you saw, what youe witnessd and what you felt? >> i was on the air with katie couric for the "today" show reporting on the early investigation into who they thought was responsible, al qaeda, obviously, for the attacks in new york and i had just thrown it back to katie, when boom, i heard it, felt it, and within a matter of minutes,...
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terror hits pentagon, world trade center and the san francisco examiner with the stirring photograph and the simple headline, "bastards." those are the headlines. >>> still ahead, your thoughtful tweets and e-mails are next back to 30 rock moments away. [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else? why did you buy my husband a falcon? thanks for the falcon. i didn't buy anyone a falcon. sure, you did. you saved us a lot of money on auto insurance. i used that...
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what are we extecting from the president, the pentagon and allies? >> the pentagon is expecting about 30,000. they will -- deployment orders will follow immediately. it's expected they will come from ft. campbell and ft. drum in new york. most of them will go, probably, to the south of afghanistan to heldman province and kandahar and the east. there will be trainers for afghan security forces. >> jeff, in terms of the composition and reassurances of pakistan, what are we hear frg the president to assure them they are not being abandoned. it's a big part of the story. >> it is a big part of the story. it's the biggest audience president obama has to reach tomorrow. on one hand, he will try to assure americans i'm sending more troops as a means to an end, as a beginning to the end of the war. at the same time, he has to reassure them the u.s. will not pull out. a lot of conversations will be held in conversations. look for the majority of his message to be to the american audience. there has to be behind the scenes work as well to the pakistani's. >> w
what are we extecting from the president, the pentagon and allies? >> the pentagon is expecting about 30,000. they will -- deployment orders will follow immediately. it's expected they will come from ft. campbell and ft. drum in new york. most of them will go, probably, to the south of afghanistan to heldman province and kandahar and the east. there will be trainers for afghan security forces. >> jeff, in terms of the composition and reassurances of pakistan, what are we hear frg...
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the pentagon. president obama appeared on all major sunday morning news programs yesterday saying he will not commit to sending more troops to afghanistan without first hearing a strategy that requires it and that he believes will work. >> the question that i'm asking right now is to our military, to general mcchrystal, to general petraeus, to all our national security apparatus is whether it's troops already there or any troop request in the future, how does this advance america's national security interests? how does it make sure that al qaeda and its extremists allies cannot attack the homeland? that's the question that i'm constantly asking because that's the primary threat that we went there to deal with. >> this morning somehow "the washington post" did obtain the classified report submitted by general stanley mcchrystal. the one he submitted to the pentagon last month which president obama has seen and which general mcchrystal says without a new strategy the mission should not be resourced.
the pentagon. president obama appeared on all major sunday morning news programs yesterday saying he will not commit to sending more troops to afghanistan without first hearing a strategy that requires it and that he believes will work. >> the question that i'm asking right now is to our military, to general mcchrystal, to general petraeus, to all our national security apparatus is whether it's troops already there or any troop request in the future, how does this advance america's...
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first up, how much do you expect the pentagon to reveal? >> hopefully not much. i'll be honest with you, i don't even see why there should be a press conference to talk about this. in a sense, obviously i'm coming from this from a particular background having worked for the agency. there is a need to know issue here. and there is -- unless there is information related to threats to homeland security, that would then go out through the normal standard channels to be released to the general public, if they determine there is something imminent, the rest of the information falls in the category of need to know. and i don't think there is a need to know on the part of the public, frankly, at this stage. >> is there anything, though, that you think needing to know will help make us safer? >> well, sure. if there are indications there of, again, of imminent threats, if there was an operation that was in the final stages and they confirmed that it was credible, again, we have a process in place that gets that information out to our local and our state and our federal au
first up, how much do you expect the pentagon to reveal? >> hopefully not much. i'll be honest with you, i don't even see why there should be a press conference to talk about this. in a sense, obviously i'm coming from this from a particular background having worked for the agency. there is a need to know issue here. and there is -- unless there is information related to threats to homeland security, that would then go out through the normal standard channels to be released to the general...
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the pentagon is attempting to buy the entire first printing. that's 10,000 copies, in order to destroy it. joining me now with reaction is an msnbc analyst and congressional honor recipient. what is your reaction? that they are trying to buy out these books and also would this man really reveal classified information and bring danger or harm to anyone? >> i think what happens here is he submitted the manuscript to be cleared by the army reserve who subsequently told him that it was cleared for publishing and did not contain any classified information. it's not certain what the army reserve did to check out away from the army reserve but it was subsequently discovered that the defense intelligence agency, one of the many, many intelligent agencies in the united states government said that some information that they had classified was in that book and that's what -- >> have you ever heard anything like this? the spokesperson did not confirm that the pentagon is buying these books but it's sure -- how do you process this move here? >> it's very si
the pentagon is attempting to buy the entire first printing. that's 10,000 copies, in order to destroy it. joining me now with reaction is an msnbc analyst and congressional honor recipient. what is your reaction? that they are trying to buy out these books and also would this man really reveal classified information and bring danger or harm to anyone? >> i think what happens here is he submitted the manuscript to be cleared by the army reserve who subsequently told him that it was...
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the pentagon says it is looking at that. i would like to hear what you think on twitter or facebook. contessa abt msnbc.com. while the pentagon is investigating the leak of the documents, the u.s. military is desperately searching for two navy sailors. the two americans disappeared driving from their compound in kabul to a u.s. base nearby. somehow, the sailors ended up 80 miles away which is a hotbed of insurgent activity. they claim one sailor was killed, the other taken hostage. the u.s. military says it has no confirmation on their fate. >>> some intense new video shows how dangerous the situation is in afghanistan. an associated press reporter got caught in the middle of a fire fight with the taliban. we are going to show you more of this video coming up in the next half hour. it's incredible. >>> we are watching bp to see if and when head honcho tony hayward gets kicks out of the job and the board is meeting today ahead of the earnings report tomorrow. they have to answer to a lot of nervous investors who worry he is t
the pentagon says it is looking at that. i would like to hear what you think on twitter or facebook. contessa abt msnbc.com. while the pentagon is investigating the leak of the documents, the u.s. military is desperately searching for two navy sailors. the two americans disappeared driving from their compound in kabul to a u.s. base nearby. somehow, the sailors ended up 80 miles away which is a hotbed of insurgent activity. they claim one sailor was killed, the other taken hostage. the u.s....
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also having been in the pentagon. and i would say as a general rule, we should be allowing those journalists who have expertise and the ability to analyze to be out covering the military. i don't know enough about the specific reasons that the pentagon would have given to say whether he is blacklisted or not, but in general, he seems to be a confident journalist. >> clearly, they were embarrassed, hugely embarrassed, by the "rolling stone" article. and i guess that that was the pretext for it. but in general, his work has always, as an embed, been reliable and informative. >> well, if that were the reason, then i would say that it would probably be an inappropriate reason. he didn't make up the comments that were made by general mcchrystal and his staff. but, again, we'd want to see what the pentagon's saying about that. >> going forward, i want to talk to you about the future of the military. we've got two wars, iraq and afghanistan. i don't have to tell you. and you are growing increasingly concerned about china's p
also having been in the pentagon. and i would say as a general rule, we should be allowing those journalists who have expertise and the ability to analyze to be out covering the military. i don't know enough about the specific reasons that the pentagon would have given to say whether he is blacklisted or not, but in general, he seems to be a confident journalist. >> clearly, they were embarrassed, hugely embarrassed, by the "rolling stone" article. and i guess that that was the...
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say there is nothing new in those leaked documents,raw, unanalyzed field intelligence but the pentagon has launched its own criminal investigation unit to track down the source. we know just how the thousands of pages got to major news organizations around the world. the self-described whistle blowing website, wicky los angeles, and its founder, sometimes called the robin hood of hacking. i talked to julian assange today from london about just what many a sue a misguided mission. >> for us it is business as usual, we are a source protection organization specializing in protecting confidential sources from information, getting it out to the public and making [ inaudible ] but that said, we can look at the information, what is the human rights or policy significance it has? this is an i have a california of 91,000 documents about the war, not just any documents, but documents that supply which military unit was involved, where the action occurred, when it occurred. it is, in fact, the raw ingredient the pentagon uses to monitor the progress of the war. >> to that very point it is raw int
say there is nothing new in those leaked documents,raw, unanalyzed field intelligence but the pentagon has launched its own criminal investigation unit to track down the source. we know just how the thousands of pages got to major news organizations around the world. the self-described whistle blowing website, wicky los angeles, and its founder, sometimes called the robin hood of hacking. i talked to julian assange today from london about just what many a sue a misguided mission. >> for...
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nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on that your very location tells the story, jim. >> that's right, andrea it is afghanistan, afghanistan and afghanistan. while all of us are waiting around until pentagon delivers his speech at west point next tuesday, to figure out exactly how many additional forces he is willing to send to afghanistan, whether it is 30, 32 or 34,000, the u.s. military is not waiting around, waiting for that announcement. they have a pretty good idea already. and in fact, we are being told here at the pentagon that a marine battalion of 1,000 mar reaps out of camp lejeune is already making preparations to leave and once president obama delivers his speech two days later on thursday, secretary of defense robert gates is expected to sign the deployment order for those marines out of camp lejeune, north carolina, and that unit should be on the ground in southern afghanistan before christmas, andrea. >> but the full team, in terms of the full deployment takes so much longer to ramp up than people realize. this is going to be a quick move of
nbc news chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more on that your very location tells the story, jim. >> that's right, andrea it is afghanistan, afghanistan and afghanistan. while all of us are waiting around until pentagon delivers his speech at west point next tuesday, to figure out exactly how many additional forces he is willing to send to afghanistan, whether it is 30, 32 or 34,000, the u.s. military is not waiting around, waiting for that announcement. they have a pretty...
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rate of growth in pentagon spending. there are a few key weapon system as it he would defund like the marine expeditionary vehicle. i think there are other things we need to do reduce operating expenses of our military and right size it for the sorts of threats that we face in what i agree is a dangerous world and we're we fleeds need to continu strengthen our ability to combat terrorism overseas and at home. don't get me wrong, i am for a strong, sustains national defense. i think the united states needs to be the strongest military in the world but i'm going to look hard at $100 billion we're proposing to spend in afghanistan this year and a number of weapons systems c-17, do we fleeneed both c-5 and c-1r the long term? there are some places where we can look hard at embracing the pentagon's proposed savings. >> tough choices for you on the senate budget committee. chris coons of delaware. >>> prosecutors have reached a decisive point involving john edwards. the investigation focused on whether edwards violated campaig
rate of growth in pentagon spending. there are a few key weapon system as it he would defund like the marine expeditionary vehicle. i think there are other things we need to do reduce operating expenses of our military and right size it for the sorts of threats that we face in what i agree is a dangerous world and we're we fleeds need to continu strengthen our ability to combat terrorism overseas and at home. don't get me wrong, i am for a strong, sustains national defense. i think the united...
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what's the reaction there at the pentagon? >> the reaction here from the administration actually is focused on what most interests the u.s. and that is the claims in these documents. evidence according to some officials that there were direct links and that the pakistani government officials and per happens in the military were supporting the taliban in their efforts in afghanistan and against u.s. military officials. administration officials will tell you that that was then this is now that there has been increasing cooperation in going after the taliban and al qaeda in those western areas of pakistan. but they do acknowledge that while there has been progress there is still a long way to go. >> thank you. >>> the white house blasting the unauthorized release of the secret military documents. here is is the reaction if the founder of wikileaks. >> we are familiar with groups whose abuse we expose attempting to criticize the messenger to distract in from the power of the message and we don't see any difference in the white hou
what's the reaction there at the pentagon? >> the reaction here from the administration actually is focused on what most interests the u.s. and that is the claims in these documents. evidence according to some officials that there were direct links and that the pakistani government officials and per happens in the military were supporting the taliban in their efforts in afghanistan and against u.s. military officials. administration officials will tell you that that was then this is now...
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. >>> let's bring in nbc news chief pentagon correspondent gym miklaszewski. any idea how soon u.s. officials will be allowed to question these women and what specific intelligence does the u.s. hope to get from them? >> reporter: well, it's not quite clear, martin, yet exactly what that timing may or may not be. but i can tell you that the u.s. officials are very eager to talk to these women. based on what they already know and the good thing about talking to these people in person, martin, in terms of gathering intelligence is when they look at a piece of paper a document they can't question it. but here they can ask these women follow-up questions and they are already now armed with new information they didn't have before that they may want to try to flesh out a little more by talking to these women, and so that's why they think it's so important to talk to them. now, historically they tell us that the terrorists that they've gathered up from all sorts of organizations, including al qaeda, once they get them into custody and i'm not talking about using aggressive interrogation te
. >>> let's bring in nbc news chief pentagon correspondent gym miklaszewski. any idea how soon u.s. officials will be allowed to question these women and what specific intelligence does the u.s. hope to get from them? >> reporter: well, it's not quite clear, martin, yet exactly what that timing may or may not be. but i can tell you that the u.s. officials are very eager to talk to these women. based on what they already know and the good thing about talking to these people in...
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if it was just his idea, maybe the pentagon could reconsider this. the head of the city council here in new york and some of the other members of the new york city council are pursuing this. they are still interested. in the pentagon changed its mind, i think it would happen here too, just saying. >>> it's friday. you know there's prison ahead for you on msnbc, but before we go to prison, we have the best thing coming up. and it's a really good one. stay with us. so creamy, right dad. ah, but my carrots have that crunch. it's my milk in the rich sauce coating the chicken and the pasta. boys! don't you think stouffer's steam perfect bag should get some credit? my carrots. my milk. my carrots. my milk. [ female announcer ] new from stouffer's. farmers' harvest steam meals for one in the steam perfect bag seal in all the goodness. they taste so good, we'll bet the farm on it. nestle. good food, good life. carrots! creamy! you could spend as much as $200. olay says challenge that with an instrument that cleanses as effectively as what's sold by skin prof
if it was just his idea, maybe the pentagon could reconsider this. the head of the city council here in new york and some of the other members of the new york city council are pursuing this. they are still interested. in the pentagon changed its mind, i think it would happen here too, just saying. >>> it's friday. you know there's prison ahead for you on msnbc, but before we go to prison, we have the best thing coming up. and it's a really good one. stay with us. so creamy, right dad....
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we have jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. david, i'm just told a photograph from the security summit with 20 members of the president's national security team. this was the meeting that is taking place. it started about an hour and a half, almost two hours ago. but this is the first photograph of this all-important meeting, to all of us. the president should be speaking here shortly, we're told, in about a few minutes. we will hear from him as a result of what has been dubbed the security summit. so i was e guy who was never oing to have the heart attack. i thought i was invincible. i'm on an aspiriregimen now because i never want to feel that helplessness again. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. ta to your doctor, and take care of what you have to take care of. announcer: you could buy 300 bottles of water. or just one brita filter. ( drop plinks ) brita-- better for the environment and your wallet. >>> we've just been told president obama will step to the microphones in t
we have jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. david, i'm just told a photograph from the security summit with 20 members of the president's national security team. this was the meeting that is taking place. it started about an hour and a half, almost two hours ago. but this is the first photograph of this all-important meeting, to all of us. the president should be speaking here shortly, we're told, in about a few minutes. we will hear from him as a result of what has been dubbed the security...
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. >> you're talking about him alluding to the pentagon papers. i want to hinge on that and ask you, is it responsibility of the leaker or the institution? that really was what it was about. we're talking about the pentagon papers here. >> well, the u.s. supreme court made it clear in the two cases, "new york times" versus united states that the obligation is the government to keep the secrets. it's not the press' obligation or third parties to try to prevent those who would disclose what the government is doing. that's a fairly fundamental first amendment principle that's enshrined for decades. that could make a prosecution very problematic if it goes against mr. assange. aside from the fact that p pentagon papers case, you had the general of the united states at the the time, griswald, who said the classified information didn't deserve to be classified. the government overclassified. then secretary of defense said he would not give an affidavit saying the b pentagon papers would harm national security. the same attitude that secretary of defense
. >> you're talking about him alluding to the pentagon papers. i want to hinge on that and ask you, is it responsibility of the leaker or the institution? that really was what it was about. we're talking about the pentagon papers here. >> well, the u.s. supreme court made it clear in the two cases, "new york times" versus united states that the obligation is the government to keep the secrets. it's not the press' obligation or third parties to try to prevent those who...
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when i was at the pentagon, i had one rule. make no news. and that is a good rule for the military to follow as well. >> clearly broken that. that rule with "rolling stone." that's broken. i know that people pointed out there is a difference between what general mcchrystal said and what his subordinates said. but it doesn't really matter in terms of once it gets to the level of a public discussion, that there is contempt heaped upon the top team, from the top of the president down through various ranks, i think it puts the president in a very compromised position and it is something that -- i think is -- violates every fundamental code in terms of not speaking ill of one's superiors and callings their credibility and confidence into question. that's issue number one. obviously the president has to weigh that and say against success in a war and cannot put our men and women at greater risk if i make a change now. i think what's also important to remember, our success doesn't depend upon one individual. that the -- the president of france said
when i was at the pentagon, i had one rule. make no news. and that is a good rule for the military to follow as well. >> clearly broken that. that rule with "rolling stone." that's broken. i know that people pointed out there is a difference between what general mcchrystal said and what his subordinates said. but it doesn't really matter in terms of once it gets to the level of a public discussion, that there is contempt heaped upon the top team, from the top of the president...
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>> well, one of the similarities to the pentagon papers is that these papers and the pentagon papers referred to the past. they were the recent past, things that had already happened in the pentagon papers case and the vietnam war here and the afghan war, but they have both seemed to serve to undermine confidence in current strategy, because we find exaggerations, we find the military exaggerating in the past about certain success rates for certain exercises, and that is the kind of thing that undermines strategy going forward, isn't it? >> well, it does, but you have a president who actually has also questioned his leadership. now we have the second new leader coming in to run this war. the guy who promised that he could figure out counter insurgency, so the rosy picture that the military has presented time and time again in afghanistan has actually come under skrut from 24 administration. the question is are they going to be able to report now that they own this war in some respects, and they should be skeptical, as they have been before. >> how much of a political bump in the road
>> well, one of the similarities to the pentagon papers is that these papers and the pentagon papers referred to the past. they were the recent past, things that had already happened in the pentagon papers case and the vietnam war here and the afghan war, but they have both seemed to serve to undermine confidence in current strategy, because we find exaggerations, we find the military exaggerating in the past about certain success rates for certain exercises, and that is the kind of thing...
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thanks for shedding a light on all this. >> thank you, andrea. >> this worth in from the pentagon. the top air force general in charge of the stockpile of nuclear missiles in the united states has lost his job. this is a rare instance of firing department of defense officials tell nbc's pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski major general michael cary has been filed. he was relieved in response to an investigation into personal misbehavior, unspecified. for seeing your business in a whole new way. for seeing what cash is coming in and going out... so you can understand every angle of your cash flow- last week, this month, and even next year. for seeing your business's cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. you feel...squeezed. congested. beat down. crushed. as if the weight of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested. open for business. [ inhales, exhales ] [ male
thanks for shedding a light on all this. >> thank you, andrea. >> this worth in from the pentagon. the top air force general in charge of the stockpile of nuclear missiles in the united states has lost his job. this is a rare instance of firing department of defense officials tell nbc's pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski major general michael cary has been filed. he was relieved in response to an investigation into personal misbehavior, unspecified. for seeing your business in...
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dick cheney leaves the pentagon in 1993. by 1995, he is ceo of the company granted during the clinton administration one of those massive combined logistics contracts in the balkans, halliburton. mr. cheney leaves halliburton in 2000 to become vice president. but as vice president, he continues to receive deferred compensation from the company for services rendered before his departure, valued between a half million and $1 million. >>> coming up, making a killing. the business of the war on terror. [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990. the all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation for all. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ ♪ visit us online to learn what makes
dick cheney leaves the pentagon in 1993. by 1995, he is ceo of the company granted during the clinton administration one of those massive combined logistics contracts in the balkans, halliburton. mr. cheney leaves halliburton in 2000 to become vice president. but as vice president, he continues to receive deferred compensation from the company for services rendered before his departure, valued between a half million and $1 million. >>> coming up, making a killing. the business of the...
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jim miklaszewski joins us from the pentagon, i understand the pentagon was quick to jump on those accusations. >> they deny any involvement whatsoever and officials here are saying it would be a bit of a stretch, quite a huge stretch actually to think that prosecutors there in sweden would be working hand in hand with the pentagon and in some kind of conspiracy to get julian assonge. it sounds like one of those typical he said/she said type of situations where two women accused him of sexual assault or molestation, the rape charges against him, as you say were dropped. but officials here at the pentagon say that this is all a side show to the more spears issue of the remaining 15,000 classified documents that wikileaks claims it has and intends to release, great concern here that it will contain the names or information about individuals that could put them at risk if in fact they are released. whatever attempts made by wikileaks and even that's unclear to contact the pentagon and try to redact sensitive information as to the i'd ties of individuals have gone nowhere according to pentagon off
jim miklaszewski joins us from the pentagon, i understand the pentagon was quick to jump on those accusations. >> they deny any involvement whatsoever and officials here are saying it would be a bit of a stretch, quite a huge stretch actually to think that prosecutors there in sweden would be working hand in hand with the pentagon and in some kind of conspiracy to get julian assonge. it sounds like one of those typical he said/she said type of situations where two women accused him of...
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president obama and the pentagon keep apologizing for the koran burning. they continue to refuse the mission, which we don't know what it is. whatever the mission might be, some say the apologies for the koran burning are only making things worse by elevating the severity of the mistake of the burning in the first place. so to put it into perspective, we're a decade in to america's longest war ever for we're funding both sides. osama bin laden now dead. there is still no order in society. and critics say the reason there's no order in the society is because washington refuses to acknowledge and accept the nature of the social covenant in afghan culture and society, tribal, regional, and continues for its own egoic reasons to down play the taliban's power so as not to appear to have wasted ten years in afghanistan. we start with anthony schaffer. also with us a man who taught us plenty, retired admiral and former democratic congressman joe sesstack. it's late february in afghanistan. the mountains are high. the snow is deep. and some of us look forward to b
president obama and the pentagon keep apologizing for the koran burning. they continue to refuse the mission, which we don't know what it is. whatever the mission might be, some say the apologies for the koran burning are only making things worse by elevating the severity of the mistake of the burning in the first place. so to put it into perspective, we're a decade in to america's longest war ever for we're funding both sides. osama bin laden now dead. there is still no order in society. and...
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jim miklaszewski is the chief nbc pentagon correspondent. we have the details. five computers. dvds. over 100 thumb drives. so this is really a treasure trove of information. what do we understand about the analysis to be done on this? >> reporter: well, you know, there are hundreds of analysts that we understand that are assigned to this task force for both the fbi and the cia. they're trying to glean any information they can first about identities of people that they may not have known about before and the attorney general, eric holder, yesterday up on capitol hill, told lawmakers that, yes, we have already taken names off that intelligence and put them on a watch list. so, it's already gleaned some valuable intelligence. and that's just scratching the surface, actually. everybody was really surprised at the amount of potential al qaeda information that they found at that site. they didn't think that osama bin laden would have been that careless. and when you said most of the time, those navy s.e.a.l.s, one of the reason for the mission to stretch out to 40 minutes was becaus
jim miklaszewski is the chief nbc pentagon correspondent. we have the details. five computers. dvds. over 100 thumb drives. so this is really a treasure trove of information. what do we understand about the analysis to be done on this? >> reporter: well, you know, there are hundreds of analysts that we understand that are assigned to this task force for both the fbi and the cia. they're trying to glean any information they can first about identities of people that they may not have known...
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but we start with that deadly shooting at the pentagon. police say the california man responsible was armed with two 9 millimeter semiautomatic weapons. john patrick bedell according to police opened fire at a busy entrance to the pentagon wounding two officers before he was brought down. and now investigators are searching internet postings allegedly made by bedell. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. so, jim, what else have we learned about a possible motive here? >> reporter: tamron, the working theory among pentagon police and the fbi is this was a lone, deranged gunman who came to the pentagon by himself intent on either harming himself or harming others or killing himself. and they're looking particularly at some blogs that were posted and internet postings under his name. authorities, as of this morning, were still trying to confirm these, in fact, were his own writings in which he had issues about the suicide of a marine in california that he thought was a cover-up, and he also took issue with the government's o
but we start with that deadly shooting at the pentagon. police say the california man responsible was armed with two 9 millimeter semiautomatic weapons. john patrick bedell according to police opened fire at a busy entrance to the pentagon wounding two officers before he was brought down. and now investigators are searching internet postings allegedly made by bedell. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. so, jim, what else have we learned about a possible motive here? >>...
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it was, of course, the leaking of the pentagon papers during the vietnam war by u.s. military analyst named daniel elsburg back in 1971. the pentagon papers was a touch stone that helped turn the public against vietnam war. the 90,000 plus documents posted by wikileaks are different than the pentagon papers in that they're a set of discrete and granular snapshots of the war over the last six years as opposed to a top-down study of the war initiated in washington. the wikileaks documents are raw intelligence, threat analysis as seen through the eyes of the soldier fighting the war. as opposed an analytical view of the war from policymakers. in that sense wikileaks is no pentagon papers, but there is a glaring parallel between the two that can't be ignored. these wikileaks documents have been notable in that they essentially confirm all of the major points of criticism of the afghanistan war effort. that elements of the pakistani government are, to varying degrees, in cahoots with the taliban. the local afghan government is loathed and corrupt. that our efforts at smiti
it was, of course, the leaking of the pentagon papers during the vietnam war by u.s. military analyst named daniel elsburg back in 1971. the pentagon papers was a touch stone that helped turn the public against vietnam war. the 90,000 plus documents posted by wikileaks are different than the pentagon papers in that they're a set of discrete and granular snapshots of the war over the last six years as opposed to a top-down study of the war initiated in washington. the wikileaks documents are raw...